Some of Eagles head coach Andy Reid’s last bits of joy these days is being vague about injuries his starting lineup.

“Well, what you end up getting tweaks in there and it hinders your lateral mobility,” Reid said of Watkins’ high ankle sprain. “I was just proud of him for getting out here and going through what he did. He did a nice job with it. So he’s making progress and we’ll just see how he does here in the next couple of days.”

While Dunlap is coming off the worst day of his professional career, the Eagles believe he will do a better job protecting the blind side of rookie quarterback Nick Foles than Demetress Bell. Dunlap was at right tackle last Sunday. He wasn’t responsible for the hits that sent starter Michael Vick out with a concussion that has sidelined him indefinitely.

Kelly, the rookie out of Purdue and veteran guard Evan Mathis are the Eagles’ top O-lineman these days. Cynics say Scott is the best based on 121 games of starting experience with the Colts and the Titans. Reid indicated Scott was conditioned enough to play Sunday.

“For what he did out here, it looked like he was,” Reid said. “He looks like he’s in pretty good shape. We put him through a pretty excessive workout just in case it came down to where he had to get in and play and he handled that well. You’ve got to go play. You’ve got to see if that happens, if he’s in the game and playing.”

Eagles wide receivers Jason Avant (hamstring) and Mardy Gilyard (hamstring and running back Chris Polk (turf toe) all are out this week.

Riley Cooper could work in the slot position that Avant handled. Rookie Damaris Johnson also could play some slot.

NOTES: If injury hits Nick Foles and Trent Edwards, the latter the Eagles’ backup quarterback, Reid would turn to DeSean Jackson or Jeremy Maclin as the emergency quarterback. You then would be looking at a slightly less vertical passing attack. The Eagles figured rookie sixth-round pick Marvin McNutt would contribute at some point this season. But who knew the wide receiver out of Iowa would play the role of Robert Griffin III — with the scout team offense? With Avant out, the Eagles sure could have used McNutt in the slot. McNutt was recruited to play quarterback for the Hawkeyes. The Redskins committed a season-high 13 penalties in their last outing, a 21-13 loss to Carolina. Cornerback Josh Wilson is tied with offensive lineman Kory Lichtensteiger for the team lead with six penalties. Wilson has been flagged for four pass interference penalties, among other indiscretions, Lichtensteiger for three false starts. Stop me if you’ve heard this — a cornerback and an offensive lineman are tied for the team lead in penalties. Eagles corner Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and tackle Demetress Bell have nine penalties each. DRC has been whistled for interference four times. Bell has five false starts. By the way Eagles guard Evan Mathis has no penalties in the last seven games after ranking among the league leaders with four penalties in his first two games.